THE DAILY BEAT: Happy Birthday to William S. Burroughs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Happy Birthday to William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs, one third of the Beat triumvirate, was born this date in 1914. He would have been 105 years old today.

Happy Birthday, Bill. In your honor, we will read some of your poetry today -- click here.

2 comments:

Alan said...: Hi Rick . Only recently discovered your wonderful blog . Trying to catch up on all previous posts . Feel like I've found the end of the rainbow … thank uou !; February 6, 2019 at 10:50 AM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: That's great, Alan. You only have 1,649 or so to go after this post. Glad to have you with us.; February 7, 2019 at 9:55 AM

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